She spoke with difficulty.“John,believe me,just once.I really didn’t lie to you.If you don’t believe me,you can watch the surveillance footage.Britney deliberately hit me with her car.”

A sudden rage erupted from the other side.“Why don’t you just die?How wonderful it would be if you really did?You’re always playing this game.If you’re not tired of it,I am.”

Nicole felt cold all over and even colder than her body was her heart.She could still faintly hear Britney’s voice.“You’re so unlucky.How could you get into a car accident right after leaving home?”

John scoffed,“She’s just acting.Otherwise,why wouldn’t the other party have killed her?Someone like her deserves death.”

A surge of rage surged through Nicole and she fainted from the rage.She regained consciousness in the hospital.

The smell of disinfectant lingered in her nostrils.The woman,wearing sunglasses,handed her a USB drive.In it,she kept evidence of Britney’s crimes.

From bullying in high school to murdering her child and the humiliation she suffered in prison,she had saved them all.

To her immense shock,Britney had cheated on John and was not pregnant with his child.The woman curled her lips in a smile.“Nicole,I hope you can send Britney and me to prison.”

Even though the situation was clearly disadvantageous to her,she wore a relaxed smile.Nicole’s eyes were empty and numb as she looked up at her.“Why?If this evidence were made public,you’d be finished.”

The woman’s face was filled with disapproval.She said her sister had been bullied to death by Britney,but Britney’s background was too powerful and her countless calls to the police had received no response.

So,she hid by Britney’s side,becoming her accomplice,gaining her trust and obtaining the evidence of her crimes.

“Now,I’m finally free.I’ll give you the evidence.Whether Britney can be sent to prison depends on your ability.”

After she left,Nicole clenched the USB drive in her hand,took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

Britney,just wait,I will tear off your mask and make you pay the price.

Nicole wanted to tell John about this,but she couldn’t do it alone.Moreover,John and Britney had always been together and Nicole could never be alone with John.

One day,she finally found the opportunity to show John Britney’s true face.Through the bathroom door,she was about to take out the USB drive when she heard Britney’s voice.

“John,you said you’ve always loved me and that you married Nicole only to repay her kindness.Our child is three years old now.When are you going to divorce her?Or have you been lying to me all along?”

Nicole felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave,frozen in place,her mind blank.In the bathroom,their figures intertwined.John held Britney,his deep voice filled with doting.

“Silly girl,how could I have let her out if I had lied to you?I’ll divorce her soon.She’s enjoyed my Griffith Family for three years and even went mad and killed my child.It’s time to repay her,no matter how great her kindness is.”

In an instant,Nicole’s eyes were red,bloodshot and her nails dug deep into her flesh.It turned out all of this had a hidden agenda.It was to divorce her and be with Britney.

She clutched the USB drive tightly in her hand and decided not to tell him.At that moment,she was completely devastated,hatred surging wildly within her.She called John’s mother.

“Mom,I have proof that Britney isn’t pregnant with John’s child…”

After hanging up,Nicole stared at the two of them through the bathroom window,her expression frighteningly cold.

Britney,you want to marry John,but I won’t let you.Soon,I’ll make you pay!

She kept the evidence and mailed it to John’s rivals:[When they get married,it’ll be the perfect day to expose them.]

For several days,whenever John went to work,she was forced to become the target of Britney’s humiliation.In John’s absence,her true nature was exposed,her sharp nails digging into her chin.

Nicole had long since grown numb;nothing she said could stir her emotions.One time,John accidentally saw the scars on her arm.He grabbed her hand,his expression turning cold and terrifying.

“Who did this?”His eyes were filled with tension and anger.Nicole curled her lips.“It has nothing to do with you!”

John was stunned for a moment,then angrily demanded,“Who is it?Whoever dares to touch you,I’ll kill them.”

“What if that person is Britney?Will you kill her?”Nicole’s tone was almost mocking and the anger on John’s face immediately faded.He looked at her with disgust.

“Britney is innocent and kind.She wouldn’t do such a thing.”

“So,you think I would?”She stared at him with sarcasm.John frowned,his expression still stern and he said word by word,“Nicole,Britney is not like you.I won’t let her come to any harm.”

Britney also knew about it and attributed the scars on her body to Nicole’s depression and self-harm.“John,I’m a doctor.I’m doing psychological counseling for her every day.Don’t be sad.”

What she meant by psychological counseling was actually daily torture and beatings.John easily believed it.

Nicole didn’t explain,knowing he wouldn’t believe anything she said.She was simply waiting for the right moment,waiting to maximize their disgrace.

One day,Britney stroked her sharp nails and said with a smile,“You’ve been out for so long,haven’t you contacted your parents?”

Nicole had a strange feeling of foreboding when she mentioned it,but she kept silent.She didn’t contact them because she feared Britney would find fault with her and even more so,she feared they would see her in this state.

She was about to clear her name before meeting them,but then she heard Britney say with a smile,“You don’t know yet?On the seventh day after you entered the mental hospital,your parents jumped to their deaths.”

Nicole’s breath hitched and she suddenly looked up,her eyes blazing.“You’re talking nonsense!”

How could her parents be dead?She was talking nonsense,irritating her like before.It had to be this way!

Nicole tried to remain calm,but Britney threw the news report at her.“If you don’t believe me,read it for yourself.”

Nicole trembled as she opened the report.When her eyes fell on the clearest words,her head buzzed and her vision went blank.

Pleased with her reaction,Britney spoke with almost pity.“When they learned you’d killed your child,they were cyberbullied and jumped off the building.By the way,this place was found by John.”

She continued,“I didn’t really take it seriously,but John was mad at me for being cyberbullied,so he exposed the incident and had people cyberbully your parents.I didn’t expect them to be so fragile and jump off the building out of frustration.”

She wore an expression of regret and gloating.Nicole’s pupils flushed red,anger and hatred welling up in her.She frantically grabbed her neck.“Britney,die!Die!I want you to pay with your life!I want you to die!”

With a snap,Nicole’s face pierced with intense pain.She regained consciousness from her daze and saw John standing in front of Britney,protectively,looking at her with a look of deep disappointment.

“What are you doing?!Believe it or not,I’ll send you back to the mental hospital!”The words that had frightened her before couldn’t stop Nicole for a second now.

She walked towards John,a tear of blood falling from her red eyes.“John,you were the one who arranged for someone to cyberbully my parents and killed them,weren’t you?”

John froze at that word.He turned to look at Britney with an unsettling expression.“How did she know?”

Britney huddled behind her in fear."It was her.She somehow saw the news.”

John remained silent.Britney sobbed,“She just wanted to kill me,John.I’m so scared.”

She clung to John’s waist tightly,her face filled with fear,but John didn’t look at her.

Nicole repeated her words.John took a deep breath and said,“I know you’re sad,but calm down.”

He looked a little guilty.“You caused Britney to be cyberbullied.I just wanted to get back at you.I didn’t expect your parents to be so upset.”

With a bang,the vase shattered at their feet,startling them both.Nicole's eyes were bloodshot and she screamed hysterically,“Why?Isn’t it enough that I’m already in a mental hospital?Why are you harassing my parents?Why are you protecting the woman who killed our child?Why have you never believed me?”Her questions were heartbreaking and she was trembling with anger.

John was horrified and a sharp pain stabbed to his heart.For the first time,he panicked and tore Britney’s tight embrace away.A flash of pain flashed in his eyes as he walked towards her.

“Nicole,listen to me.What happened to your parents was an accident.”The moment he approached,Nicole raised her hand and slapped him hard.John,reckless,held her tightly in his arms.

Feeling her trembling body in his arms,he comforted her over and over again.“Don’t be sad.This is my fault,Nicole.Please don’t be sad,okay?You can hit me,you can scold me.I’ll let you.You lost your parents,but you still have me.I’ll always be by your side.”

Nicole struggled,unable to break free from his grasp.In the distance,Britney gave her a smug smile.In anger and fear,she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.Her vision darkened and she fainted.

When she regained consciousness,she saw John’s stubbled face,looking extremely disheveled.Seeing her awake,his eyes filled with joy.“Nicole,you’re finally awake.”

Nicole’s eyes were hollow and she remained silent.He continued,“I’ve already arranged for your parents’bodies to be properly buried.When you’re better,I’ll take you to see them,okay?”

She remained silent.John held her hand,which trembled slightly.“Nicole,do you know how scared I was when I saw you vomiting blood?Please don’t be angry,okay?I’m just mad at you for refusing to admit your mistakes.Nicole,I promise you,I won’t marry Britney.This child is just an accident.Britney named her Nicole because she misses you.She promised me the child will recognize you as her mother.She’s your child,too.”

Hearing the word child,Nicole’s lips curled,her eyes numb.“Child?She killed my child a long time ago!”